The Second Habit Stephen Covey’s Second Habit states: Begin with the End in Mind The above short statement underscores the importance of having goals in whatever we engage in. It’s interesting that the word goals becomes relevant largely when talking about careers, and other big projects in life. I however want to make the case [...]
Last week, I took time to take a fearless and searching inventory of my life. This was largely necessitated by birthday [I was born on July 6]. More than my birthday, July usually marks the beginning of a fiscal year. I wanted to align the end of several things with the end of June, and the [...]
Premise: Following various reports of heinous crimes being committed in our country, and the recent confession by a former G4S employee of killing 17 people, many Kenyans are shocked at the frequency and intensity of violence. Violent Times Many people believe that we live in especially violent times. But is this true? To better understand [...]
From Time Immemorial Towards the end of March this year, I watched the 10th episode of the final season [6] of the wildly popular TV Series LOST. Titled Ab Aeterno, which is a Latin phrase that means “from an infinitely remote time in the past”, the episode tells Richard Alpert’s back story. Having accidentally killed [...]
NOTE: This is the final post in my 3-part Valentines Day series. Read the First part and the Second part here. I used to laugh whenever I read or heard that a certain celebutard had checked himself into a Sex Rehab facility. Tiger Woods, Eric Benét, Charlie Sheen… and the list goes on. As I [...]
“We were brought here for a purpose, for a reason All of us, each one of us was brought here for a reason …It may be hard for the others to accept But everything happens for a reason.” – John Locke (LOST s05e07 – The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham) Note: All this week, [...]
With every passing day, we get to meet new people. Hopefully, we learn new things too. Lately, I’ve had a chance to make new friends, people that I believe will leave some mark on the pages of my life. And some of the marks will be indelible, for that is the way it is sometimes. [...]
Inspired Reading This comeback post has been inspired by a blog post by a friend on Purpose, and by a Goals Report by Brian Tracy that I recently read. Peter’s Walkabout On March 10 2009, Peter’s Walkabout was launched. From the very first post, we sought to identify, share and benefit from whatever lessons life [...]
IDEAS WORTH SHARING Every once in a while, we all experience something so wonderful that it becomes really hard not to share. Well, for a while, I have been reading a most wonderful document. Yeah, it is really short (only 23 pages). It’s quite a deep piece, trust you me. It is a report by [...]
The year was 1996. I was in High School. All was not well. I had quite many problems and was nearly depressed. I’ll spare you the poignant details, let’s just say it was really bad at the time. But then I shared. And a friend wrote me the note below, that did wonders and totally [...]
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